Think Again about "THE END OF POVERTY?"
FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMICS FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND PEACEFUL PLANET
Think again about the primary causes of poverty, about the causes of the business cycle, about why our cities are blighted and our suburbs are sprawling, and what standard of living might be sustainable.
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Jan 20, 2010 01:00 PM
to Mar 24, 2010 03:00 PM |
| Where | Henry George School of Social Science |
| Contact Name | Richard Biddle |
| Contact Phone | 215 922-4278 |
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There are two FREE ten week FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMICS FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND PEACEFUL PLANET courses. They both meet meet once per week. The AFTERNOON class begins on WEDNESDAY, January 20th from 1:00 - 3:00 PM.
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The EVENING Class begins on MONDAY, January 18th at 7 PM
The Production & Distribution of Wealth
Part I: [Prerequisite for enrollment in PART II & III]
Examine the primary causes of poverty. Are slums, vice, violence, unemployment, and subsistence wages just symptoms?
- Trace the root cause of the business cycle from boom to bust and back to boom.
- Distinguish the Earth, nature and its natural opportunities from the products of human effort.
- Study the relationship between the individual and society.
- Identify those values which are not produced by individuals or corporations but by the community as a whole.
- Consider the free market proposals of Henry George: common ownership of natural resources and private property in the things produced.
TEXT: "PROGRESS & POVERTY" (2006 abridged edition). Go to http://www.henrygeorge.org/pcontents.htm
An AUDIO EDITION OF Progress and Poverty (2006 - new abridged edition), thanks to the Henry George School of Chicago, is now online and downloadable. Go to
http://www.hgchicago.org/audio
FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMICS For a Sustainable and Peaceful Planet
